AdServer


· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·



Overview

Category:

Tracking Cookie: Any cookie that is shared among two or more web pages for the purpose of tracking a user's surfing history.

Variants:

  • AdServer.com
  • Adserver.trb
  • Similar Pests:

    Tracking Cookie

    Origins

    By This Author:

    Backdoor.VB · Constructor.Win32 · Constructor.Win32.VB · Flooder.MailSpam · Flooder.MailSpam.VB · TrojanDropper.Win32.VB · XZip 6000068 Trojan

    Group:

    AdServer.com, Adserver.trb

    By This Group:

    AdServer.com ·

    Mailing Address:

    360 Olive Street Santa Barbara , CA 93101

    Phone:

    Tel: (805) 568-5334 Fax: (425) 969-8552 Fax: (805) 568-5332

    URL:

    http://www.adserver.com/

    Date of Origin:

    July, 2004

    Distribution

    Prevalence:

  • AdServer.com: 0.2%
  • More Info

    Clot Factor:

  • AdServer.com: 2
  • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Growth:

  • AdServer.com: Insufficient data to report growth
  • Operation

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.



    Research

    More Info:

  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
  • Research By:

  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
  • Last Revised:

    April 14, 2005